The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-01-04

sOh, shall make great changes in Q
twelvemonth," he said confidently. 1.-THE old
earth will DO another place altogether before
long. 1t needs nothing but good sweeping.
and my broom will do the work and do 1t
well. Brush Off the dirt and a new order Of
things will maugurate itself Immediately.
Look out for universal honesty, good times,
safe banks, good wages, clean minded states
men - but really, must hurry on, have
an appointment, begin my sweeping in
few minutes"
"But you haven't told me your namep
called out us he started on, with his broom
ON his shoulder.
He looked back. broad grin on his hand
some young face, and answered, Eighteen
Eighty-Seven."
Before / recovered from my astonishment
he added, 30, can sweep; I'll show YOU" and
he went on in his vanity and Ignorance.
Poor, foolish, inexperienced, happy New
Year.
Turning about, / started toward home, and
in moment more heard the village bells
"ring out the old" and 'ring in the new"
had not gone far when | met another
traveller, very different figure from the vel.
vet-clad youth with the confident air who had
lust left me- He was walking with tired
step, and was bent, as under burden. AS
he approached / saw that he was elderly,
somewhat broken down, careworn as to
countenance, threadbaro us TO garments, and
under one arm he carried tremendous scroll,
and in the other hand the worst wreck of a
broom | had ever laid eyes on. 81 was i'm
pressed,r as the clairvoyants say, with the be-
lief that he was Eighteen Eighty-Six, and by
that name accosted him as courteously as L
could, and offered him my sympathy.
sympathy" said the old man, laughing
till he shook. sympathy! Well that is
really Imaginable Thanks, my good friend,
but | don't need it. Your congratulations
would be better If you have any sympathy
to throw around recklessly give it to my sue
cessor. know the size Of the load he has to
nick up That is fine broom he carries, too.
Mine was as good year ago. Look at it
nowl Hardly a spear of it remains, and with
all its hard usage, l fear / haven't left the
earth much cleaner | found the contract
TOO much for me, though started in as chip
per as he does was chock full OF reform
ideas; but you sec how my efforts to clear up
the earth have aged Inc, and how l have
scuffed my clothes, as well as my soul. But
I'm through with it now, and am going to
disembody myself, and look ON at tho other
fellow awhile" His eyes had humorous
sparkle, and he certainly wore look OF
happy relief. =,
us It possible that your record is so bulkyi"
asked, pointing to his scroll.
aBulky!" said the old man, with sarcastic
frin. "If you want to know the heft as well
rs the bulk of it you should glance over it. 1t
Is made up of deaths, riots, earthquakes,
broken banks, trusted officials going wrong,
wrecks, runaways, blow ups, wars, rumors OF
wars, the overthrow of the Liberal parlia-
ment in England, crazy monarchs, Doodle
aldermen, new recruits for Sing Sing, con-
tested wills, hard times, strikes, suicides,
sickness, murders. burglaries, thefts' ana
nearly every unpleasant thing you could
think of. Think of the heartaches repre-
sented in this record. The thought OF them
Expresses me-" -